Almost scammed, but funny thing......

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Today got a phone call from a "Relay Service" which is supposed to be for the blind or deaf to allow them use of telephone service to the hearing but stupid impaired...me. The relay operator reads typing he/she receives to you and you verbally respond back to the operator and back and forth.....

Caller wanted to know if I sold cues and that he would like 3 or 4 cues of $300 value.....did I take V/MC. He wanted them shipped as soon as possible to..........NIGERIA. He gave me a VISA card number and exp date and I told him that I couldn't confirm a sale until I ran the card and verified shipping charges. I asked him to call back in 30 minutes, thinking this was nutso.

I call the voice authorization for the V/MC and told them what was up and could they verify the card.....they said they could run it as a "suspicious" card and see.......IT WENT THROUGH!!!! and they told me it must be legit to proceed.

Now the funny part....while waiting on the return phone call I was discussing the situation and a friend/billiard retailer overheard the word Nigeria and he said he got a call this morning also!!!!! Red Flag 1. I called another local retailer friend to ask if they had received a phone call for the "cues for Nigeria" and lo and behold they had but didn't want to deal with the "relay"

Anyway, I now have $1150 of bogus Visa money in my account, authorized by the voice authorization center, BUT I AIN'T SENT NO CUES. Monday I'll be getting with my bank and giving it over to them to pursue or just let another scammer get away.

Just wanted to let ya'll know, V/MC ain't as secure as you think either.....
 
This isn't the only scam that evolves around Nigeria. There are several scams floating around from people in Nigeria using different forms and trying to buy different things. If you search Google you will pull up several if not more pages showing the various scams. Pool cues is a new one to me. They have recently started using IP Relay to try and get goods and money. I guess they gave up on email.
 
I used to work in retail and we had to deal with the Bank of Nigeria several times.

People would buy a few thousand dollars worth of money orders and then the bank wouldn't honor the checks they paid with (even though they were legit checks). My company eventually won, but it was a long process.
 
five said:
I used to work in retail and we had to deal with the Bank of Nigeria several times.

People would buy a few thousand dollars worth of money orders and then the bank wouldn't honor the checks they paid with (even though they were legit checks). My company eventually won, but it was a long process.
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i just got the call from the operator, the relay thing. i told her to type " we know this is a scam" she then told me the caller hung up. since then, i have call the rest of the stores in my chain and spread the word to the other big stores in dallas and houston and washington d.c.. i can't believe someone at a store would fall for this. they keep calling so people must be sending them cue and stuff..crazy.
john
 
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